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2015: A Year in Review

Cleveland Neighborhood Association 2015

By Cleveland Neighborhood

December 31^st, 2015

Family "Drive-In" Movie

Though there was snow on the ground outside still in March, we hosted a community event where families used their creativity to create “cars” and watched short children’s films complete with popcorn and lemonade.

Spring Clean Up Day

We kicked off the warm weather with a May 9th Spring Clean-Up clearing 100’s of lbs of litter off every block in the neighborhood.

Thank you to Kevin Gregory for leading the event, Micha McDonald and North Vegans for cooking delicious sloppy joes, Luther Memorial Church and Pastor Bee Vang for graciously opening up their kitchen and dining hall for our post-clean-up celebration, Lucy Craft Laney K 8 Elementary School for donating May Day basket giveaways, and the City of Minneapolis for providing clean-up supplies and resources about recycling.

Community Garden

The Cleveland Community Garden went big in it’s second year with the help of Project Sweetie Pie, Kimberly Carpenter and our new GreenCorps Member, Eric Wilson. We built Compost bins to divert tons of organics from the waste stream, we taught folks how to ferment their vegetable scraps, we donated a couple hundred pounds of food to a local food shelf and we hosted garden parties for the whole community.

Live On the Drive

Star-studded performances from Debbie Duncan, Toki Wright and Javier Trejo made 2015 a huge year for our community concert series in it’s 8th year.

National Night Out

Parties all over the neighborhood as our Connectors stepped up and brought neighbors together for an evening of food and connection in August.

Party in The Park

In our third year, Party in the Park is a community dinner at Cleveland Park for neighbors to come together to eat, play games and connect with resources. We even had owls and falcons visit from the Raptor Center!

Our Step-Up Crew

The team that made it all possible for us this year. Our Step-Up summer crew put on over 20 block parties and were the key components to making our Live on the Drive and Party in the Park events happen all summer long.

Northside Bike Giveaway

In Partnership with Major Taylor Cycling Club, Lucy Craft Laney Elementary School, Safe Routes to School, North Minneapolis Bicycle Advisory Committee, Loppet Foundation, Minnesota Black Riders Association and Free Bikes 4 Kidz, we were able to bless 150 northside youth and their families with a free bicycle and helmet in December. A great opportunity to promote health, alternative modes of transportation, and community pride on the northside. A spring ride for families that received a bike is planned for April 2016.

Footnotes

This is not a complete list of activities of the Cleveland Neighborhood Association. For more details visit our website or contact our office. Most photos are taken by Ariah Fine.

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FootNotes

This is not a complete list of activities of the Cleveland Neighborhood Association. For more details visit our website or contact our office. Most photos are taken by Ariah Fine.

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